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What did the judge say?

Jailing Howard and banning him from driving for three years, Judge Peter Cooke told him: “Having viewed the video of what you did, I take the view your driving was dangerous, because you dragged a pedestrian alongside the car.

“That is a seriously aggravating feature of the robbery offence, so to pass a consecutive sentence for the dangerous driving would not be appropriate.

“Although I accept this was an impromptu offence after you saw the lady leave her car and leave the door open, and it was only ever intended to be a theft, the risk the owner would see you and try to stop you was plain as a pikestaff.

“It was equally foreseeable that driving off while she was trying to stop you was likely to cause injury.”